#loathly

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I recently read “Room for all Mysteries” by @myrmidryad :

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

It is a retelling of “The Green Knight.” I really enjoyed it, and reading it inspired me to keep working on my own Sir Gawain AU, “Loathly.” Loathly is based on “The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle,” and I am pleased to say that it now has a Chapter 10.

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Please enjoy!

[zephyr-together]

is it something so good? just can’t function no more? when love, love will tear us apart, again

a mean mad scientist cat has tried multiple times to create a nasty robot but they’re all too nice! so she programs this one to destroy anything they love, which was a mistake because they love their dear creator! it’s okay, she’s a ghost now, but they still love her...

[wonderous-writer-suggestions]

((Monster 👏characters 👏interacting 👏with 👏Annie 👏is 👏the 👏purest 👏shit 👏and 👏you 👏can't 👏convince 👏me 👏otherwise👏))

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Noir AU and Loathly, I am their biggest champion and fan.

Okay, so these are two that are close to my heart, but I have not worked on them for a while.  That being said, I am now rereading Loathly to get into the right, semi-dreamy mood I have to be in to work on it.  This is actually not THAT far from completion, and I really want to finish it, though it might not happen right away.  So here’s a little more to enjoy, following right after the last chapter that was posted:

“That, that’s incredible, Michael,” Alex says. “You… you truly believe your enchantment to be broken?”

“Yes,” Michael says, still very serious.

Alex frowns, confused by the darkness that seems to have overtaken Michael so suddenly.  And then he realizes. “By the gods,” he says, clapping a hand over his mouth.  “If, if you are like this, by day and night – “

“Then I shall be dead if your father discovers the truth.” Michael only now seems to realize his nudity, picks his discarded nightshirt off the ground and slips it easily over his head. “I… I did plan for this, though.”

“In the event that I chose the night.”

“Indeed,” Michael nods.  He bites his lip a bit, looks at Alex.  “It… it was sovereignty that freed me, Alex.” Michael’s eyes close a little. “You are a good man.  A good man in a bad place.”

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Sneak Peek

Look what I’m working on!

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Alex is so still, staring at the man, forcing himself to breathe.

“Do... do you allow it?”

Alex scrambles to realign his thoughts, make a proper reply. “Allow? This, this is not for me to allow, it is for you to decide, and for me to support. You have chosen to embody this,” he gestures to the man, “your true form, by night. And...” he swallows. Looks at the man almost shyly. “And your decision pleases me greatly.”

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WIP Wednesday

A little something from Loathly...

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“I... I am glad for you, that you are rid of the curse, that you may be yourself, your own form without interruption now. The transformation, it... it appeared painful.”

“Yes,” Michael says tightly, and Alex feels a sharp stab of anger, that King Noah of Antar ever forced such suffering on Michael.

Alex frowns. “This does... complicate matters.”

Michael nods solemnly. “It does. Though, you should know that I have been trying to prepare for every contingency.”

“Contingency?”

“Yes. I knew you to be a good man, but...” he looks down, “the secret I was keeping could lead the best of men to act in unanticipated ways.”

Alex looks at him sharply. “You believed I might harm you?”

Michael tilts his head. “It was not an impossibility.” He gives Alex a half-smile. “If I may speak plainly, such an outcome seemed more likely to me than what has actually transpired.”

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Sneak Peek of Loathly! 🎉 Oh. I missed this story! Thank you for sharing this! ❤️

You’re welcome! This is one of my favorite WIPs. The original legend really resonated with me, and it was such a good fit for Malex!

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this is cheating because I just want more Loathly but I really do just want more Loathly 🙏

I’m so glad you like Loathly! It’s actually one of my favorite WIPs, but I have to be in a really specific headspace to work on it. It is pretty close to the end, relatively, and here’s a spoiler for you - so we are at the point in the story where Alex has discovered that the Lady Guerin is actually cursed, and as her husband, he must choose what form she embodies by day or night - the familiar “Lady Guerin” or the disconcertingly attractive “Michael Guerin.” Alex, being our noble hero, has given Michael the sovereignty to make this decision himself, and Michael has chosen to be himself by night.

BUT! Neither of them knows yet that, in giving Michael the sovereignty to make this decision himself, Alex has unwittingly broken the curse. Meaning that Michael is back in his own form permanently. Which, on one hand, is AWESOME! But on the other hand, how do they explain it to King Jesse and company?